Page 2725 - Week 08 - Thursday, 24 August 2006
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The Assembly voted—
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Ayes 9 |
Noes 8 | ||
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Mr Barr |
Mr Hargreaves |
Mrs Burke |
Mr Seselja |
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Mr Berry |
Ms MacDonald |
Mrs Dunne |
Mr Smyth |
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Mr Corbell |
Ms Porter |
Dr Foskey |
Mr Stefaniak |
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Ms Gallagher |
Mr Stanhope |
Mr Mulcahy | |
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Mr Gentleman |
Mr Pratt | ||
Question so resolved in the affirmative.
Proposed expenditure agreed to.
Proposed expenditure—Part 1.12—ACT Planning and Land Authority, $35,851,000 (net cost of outputs) and $9,732,000 (capital injection), totalling $45,583,000.
MR SESELJA (Molonglo) (10.01): I note that Mr Barr put out a challenge just before about our calling for some cuts in expenditure by the government. I will try to oblige him for at least a couple of lines before I get to some other issues. I focus on a couple of areas of expenditure, in particular the Land Development Agency. The Land Development Agency is an agency which we have had some concerns about for some time. The industry has had concerns about the growing size of the LDA. Look at all levels of expenditure. It is difficult to get a picture
Mr Corbell: On a point of order, Mr Speaker: the appropriation we are dealing with is the Planning and Land Authority. I know that in budget debates we try to be broad-ranging—and, as a matter of principle I agree with that—but this in no way is relevant to the ACT Planning and Land Authority. The Land Development Agency is not appropriated from this budget line; it receives no capital injection or payments on behalf of the territory or payments from net cost of outputs from this budget line. Mr Seselja should confine himself to matters relating to the ACT Planning and Land Authority line, as broad-ranging as those may be.
MR SESELJA: Mr Speaker, on the point of order: I note Mr Corbell was talking about wide ranging. This is a cognate debate. We had the LDA appearing at the estimates committee. In a cognate debate that discusses the estimates hearings as well as the lines of expenditure, surely we are allowed to discuss things that were examined by the estimates committee.
Mr Corbell: The question before the chair is the appropriation for this line.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Corbell, it is a cognate debate.
MR SESELJA: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I am sure Mr Corbell does not like talking about the LDA.
Mr Corbell: No, I do not mind talking about it at all.
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